Olaniwun Ajayi LP

October 13, 2025

Federal High Court Orders Security for Costs under the New Admiralty Jurisdiction Procedure Rules, 2023

Olaniwun Ajayi LP is pleased to have successfully represented the Defendants in Virgin Forest Energy Ltd v. MT Josephine & Triber Energy Ltd, securing a landmark ruling on the application...

October 10, 2025

Emergency Powers and Suspension of Elected Officials: Federal High Court Resolves Challenge to Constitutionality in Belema Briggs v. President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria & Ors

The Federal High Court, Abuja Division, coram Omotosho, J. recently delivered judgment in an action challenging the constitutionality of the President’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State....

August 29, 2025

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From Limak to Champion: The Nigerian Court of Appeal Delivers a Fresh Brew on the Effect of NOTAP Registration in Arbitration Enforcement

The Nigerian Court of Appeal has handed down a decision that bears significantly on public-policy defences to the enforcement of arbitral awards, particularly on the enforcement of awards where the...

July 11, 2025

2nd Quarter 2025 developments in dispute resolution in Nigeria

Developments in Dispute Resolution – 2nd Quarter 2025

The second quarter of 2025 has seen courts, both domestic and international wrestle with critical questions of jurisdiction, legal identity, institutional accountability, and the limits of executive power. Building on...

June 24, 2025

Supreme Court Strikes Out 15 Year Old Appeal Over Incomplete Record

Supreme Court Strikes Out 15-Year-Old Appeal Over Incomplete Record – Dada V. Yandayi [2025] 8 NWLR (PT 1993) 517

Introduction On 19.07.2024, the Supreme Court of Nigeria (SC) delivered its judgment in an appeal filed by Bawa Dada, Ahmadu Dada and Umaru Dada (the Appellants) which arose from a...

June 11, 2025

Admiralty jurisdiction of the Federal High Court does not ened upon the Discharge from a Vessel

Case Alert – Admiralty Jurisdiction of the Federal High Court does not end upon the Discharge of Cargo from a Vessel

The Nigerian Supreme Court Affirms that the Admiralty Jurisdiction of the Federal High Court does not end upon the Discharge of Cargo from a Vessel – Glenyork (Nig.) Ltd &...

May 19, 2025

Analysis of the latest cases in Nigerian Taxation May 2025

Federal High Court Upholds TAT Decision in Relation to the Constitutionality of the Income Tax (Country-by-Country Reporting) Regulation 2018

On 5 May 2025, the Federal High Court, Lagos Division, affirmed the Tax Appeal Tribunal’s decision setting aside administrative penalties imposed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Checkpoint...

July 3, 2024

A Review of the Latest Nigerian Superior Court Cases in 2024 by Olaniwun Ajayi LP

OALP Dispute Resolution Practice Quarterly Newsletter – 2nd Quarter 2024

In the second quarter of this year, Nigeria and progressive jurisdictions saw significant legal advancements. Nigeria’s appellate courtrooms were centres of radical changes in legal principles. Recent decisions covered crime...

March 10, 2021

Notable Cases

Notable Cases 2020

The year 2020 was eventful for the legal industry and saw noteworthy decisions from the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Federal High Court that have significantly impacted...

March 4, 2020

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Notable Decisions of the Nigerian Courts in 2019

The year 2019 for the Legal industry was generally “uneventful” with respect to decisions of our superior courts in civil and criminal matters. This could be due to several factors...

October 13, 2025

Federal High Court Orders Security for Costs under the New Admiralty Jurisdiction Procedure Rules, 2023

Olaniwun Ajayi LP is pleased to have successfully represented the Defendants in Virgin Forest Energy Ltd v. MT Josephine & Triber Energy Ltd, securing a landmark ruling on the application...

October 10, 2025

Emergency Powers and Suspension of Elected Officials: Federal High Court Resolves Challenge to Constitutionality in Belema Briggs v. President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria & Ors

The Federal High Court, Abuja Division, coram Omotosho, J. recently delivered judgment in an action challenging the constitutionality of the President’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State....

August 29, 2025

Effect-of-NOTAP-Registration-in-Arbitration-Enforcement

From Limak to Champion: The Nigerian Court of Appeal Delivers a Fresh Brew on the Effect of NOTAP Registration in Arbitration Enforcement

The Nigerian Court of Appeal has handed down a decision that bears significantly on public-policy defences to the enforcement of arbitral awards, particularly on the enforcement of awards where the...

July 11, 2025

2nd Quarter 2025 developments in dispute resolution in Nigeria

Developments in Dispute Resolution – 2nd Quarter 2025

The second quarter of 2025 has seen courts, both domestic and international wrestle with critical questions of jurisdiction, legal identity, institutional accountability, and the limits of executive power. Building on...

June 24, 2025

Supreme Court Strikes Out 15 Year Old Appeal Over Incomplete Record

Supreme Court Strikes Out 15-Year-Old Appeal Over Incomplete Record – Dada V. Yandayi [2025] 8 NWLR (PT 1993) 517

Introduction On 19.07.2024, the Supreme Court of Nigeria (SC) delivered its judgment in an appeal filed by Bawa Dada, Ahmadu Dada and Umaru Dada (the Appellants) which arose from a...

June 11, 2025

Admiralty jurisdiction of the Federal High Court does not ened upon the Discharge from a Vessel

Case Alert – Admiralty Jurisdiction of the Federal High Court does not end upon the Discharge of Cargo from a Vessel

The Nigerian Supreme Court Affirms that the Admiralty Jurisdiction of the Federal High Court does not end upon the Discharge of Cargo from a Vessel – Glenyork (Nig.) Ltd &...

May 19, 2025

Analysis of the latest cases in Nigerian Taxation May 2025

Federal High Court Upholds TAT Decision in Relation to the Constitutionality of the Income Tax (Country-by-Country Reporting) Regulation 2018

On 5 May 2025, the Federal High Court, Lagos Division, affirmed the Tax Appeal Tribunal’s decision setting aside administrative penalties imposed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Checkpoint...

July 3, 2024

A Review of the Latest Nigerian Superior Court Cases in 2024 by Olaniwun Ajayi LP

OALP Dispute Resolution Practice Quarterly Newsletter – 2nd Quarter 2024

In the second quarter of this year, Nigeria and progressive jurisdictions saw significant legal advancements. Nigeria’s appellate courtrooms were centres of radical changes in legal principles. Recent decisions covered crime...

March 10, 2021

Notable Cases

Notable Cases 2020

The year 2020 was eventful for the legal industry and saw noteworthy decisions from the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Federal High Court that have significantly impacted...

March 4, 2020

notable cases banner

Notable Decisions of the Nigerian Courts in 2019

The year 2019 for the Legal industry was generally “uneventful” with respect to decisions of our superior courts in civil and criminal matters. This could be due to several factors...